>>>>use it directly in the property of the cursor in the DE.\
>>>NOT SURE WHAT DE is.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>As for forcing the user to enter a value in a field, that you will need to
>>>>put some code in the Valid() event and return .F. to avoid the user to get
>>>>out the field.
>>>
>>>OK, I have done that and it works the way I want it to. but in the middle of a prg I issue that statement "DO FORM GETNAME" and the form appears/flashes and the next statement in the prg executes. The form never gets a chance to allow for name entry. strange.
>>
>>not strange if the form isn't modal
>IT isn't modal when I execute it in the command window though.

when you run it from the command window there are no more lines of code to execute....